Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-01-02
A CLUVERlUS TALK.
Ne Firmly Asserts Bis Innocenec, and
States That He Will 90 10
Always, &C.


yesterday by Mr.. Bcy. Crump, one Of mis-
counsel; Rev. DIR. Hatcher and Rev. Mr..
Pist, and Willie Cluverius, and late 10 the
evening by representative OF the Dispatch.
lie appears to be IN good health, and all the
pnson officials say that be Is uniformly
cheerful end pleasant. Thcy--onc and
sI,--declare that be r. "the most remarka-
bic nan they ever saw" meaning that they
never knew any one In hissituation TO bear
ND with such good face and strong resolu.
tion. After getting Cluverius's consent to
talk for publication the Dispatch man said:
You still declare your innocencey
lem innocent, ne responded.
Have you always and TO all men done so
have.
Have YOU ever said that u you must die
you would implicate otherss
never have.
Then with your latest breath YOU will
proclaim your ipDocencel
have nothing TO proclaim. Some per-
sons who have pursued me with the hit
tfrest maIlgniiy seem 10 be getting uneasy.
lest their greed after sensation should con-
tribute to causing the sacrifice OF my life.
am innocent and can never say aught
else.
You say that YOU relied upon Mr.. Henley
70 prove an abb. Did you tell Epps and
Robins tbati
when asked the officers 10: inform ltion
they refused to give me any. followed
their example, aud said very little about
the Gaze.
WHY HE DID NOT 90 BEFORE THE CORONER.
DR., TAYLOR on two different occasions
gave you opportunity to testify before the
toyoner's Jury. Why did YOU not go be.
fore 1t and proclaim your innocence, and
call upon Henley 10 prove that he saw you
at Mozart Hall:
The case was then in the courts; the
Coroner could not have dismissed u
Nothing | might have said wo1ld nave
been eUid,ace at that time. Therefore was
advised 10 say nothing.
What induced You 10 90 into trial when
Won did-at d time when. according to
your friends, "the popuiace was very
excited and loudly demanding your blood!
1t is true. as everybody knows, that the
populace acqs excited 10 an unusual degree.
This is seen from the fact thit from q city
Of 10000, after unusual diligence, a jury
could moi be obtained. But II seemed TO
he growing rather than diminishing.
Moreover. knowing that was innocent, |
lad no special dread OF a trial and wished,
for obvious reasons, TO be restored 10 liberty
as soon es possible.
The wATCH.EEY AND JOEL.
How do you explain away the testimony
OF Joel before and after the opening OF the
keyf the newspaperman next as ed Clu-
yerius.
His testimony and conduct exnlaiu them
selves. said he. On the trial Joel stated
lie did not expect TO find any marks on the
Key, but would be able to recognize his
work lust as he would know his WORK in
watch that he had repaired or cleaned.
From the published accounts / see that he
told the Governor he would ind In the
key II It was his work-two file marks
and drop of solder at the end OF the bar
rel. This is proof OF his unreliability, for
he would have found these marks In nearly
every key that had ever been repaired, as
any good ieweller will tell you, and as
learn through friends. He, suppose, knew
this. However, l will not say any more in
way OF free advertisement Tor him. l
suppose he has gotten all he ,c1nted In that
line. Reverse the case and suppose that
had relied upon such testimony to prove
the ownership OF my key. With what
how OF derision il would have been greet.
ed by some, who woul1 have denounced
such witness for Inc as an unmitigated
scoundrel.
When did you last see Lillian Madison
Before she left her home for Bath.
Then YOU insist that Mr.. A. w. Archer,
Of the Exchange, errs when he says that
Won came TO that hotel January g, 1885, and
called for " Miss Merton"
a. certainly did moi call there for any
girl the 9th Of January, 1885, said the
prisoner.
MIR. Henley was on the stand a. wit
ness, Did YOUR counsel ask him whether
or no he saw you at Mozart Hall on the
night OF March l3thi
II appears from the record that they did
not.
BELLE ISLE.
Several witnesses well known in the city
for probity aud truth swear that they saw
YOU on Belle Isle with young woman
wearing red crochet shawl about 1880
March l2th. On the trial did your counsel
attempt to impeach their yeraclty?
No witness has ever made this statement
except an old negro whose iudlcrous testi-
mony excited laughter in court at the time.
Mr.. Kidd, the most intelligent OF the Belle
Isle witnesses, not only could not recog.
nize the party, but was uncertain whe-
Their It was the 18th or 18th Of March.
One Belle-Isle witness (Martin) putin man
and woman he saw on the bridge leading
10 the island at Il. Another Mr. lsaacs)
puts the man aud woman on Belle Isle not
earlier than z. M. Iqucte from the Off
cial record, page 81: "Saw them between
~ and 8 O'Clock, perhaps nearer than II ;
hut / don't know the hour. Had been on
night turn; slept at home until - NJ. that
day; got up, ate dinner, | suppose, about
1880; that occupied, say ten minutes.
Staid around the house about half an hour,
! suppose; went TO Blankenship's shoe
shop, where | staid about twenty minutes,
then went TO Belle Isle in about fifteen
minutes and saw the parties" 1t is clear
that he did not see them before a quarter
too, il not later, and he fixes the time
with ccuracy-certaiDly not overesti-
mating the time consumed between walking
and arriving at Belle Isle a. may be seen c.
o., by the allowance OF only ten minutes for
dinner. According TO the testimony of
Hon. II. w. Flournoy Up. 800 ii takes thir-
~ minutes TO walk from the American HO-
tel to the bridge. According TO Mr.. Charles
Dodson's testimony (page 1861 the occu-
pant OK "Room q " came IN that day and
called for her key about O'Clock. Mr..
John s. Dodson ipage 313) saw her
about / O'Clock speak TO his son. He
remembered IL because he always dined
NJ IL tuO ~ va, ~ NNhb w hibhNA
1t was plain that the lady seen on Belle Isle
was not the occupant OF "Room 81" and
there was no need for impeaching. Ac-
eording TO the claim OF the Commonwealth
there were three men resembling me here
that dsy-one on Belle Isle, one at the
Planters National Bank, and one at house
Of ilLfame at the same time.
CONE BACK TO TIE wATCH-KEY.
You deny that it was your watch.key
found at the reservoir by the boy Isaac
Williamsy $1,000
not only deny II, but my brother and
DIR. 3. E. Courtney. with whom l had al
Office In common, and who Is as upright ;
gentleman as any born in this Common
wealth, and who saw me daily, have bOtt
sworn that this key was never In my pos
session.
MOZART PERFORMANCES.
You were ut the Mozart matinee OF
March 14th and at the night Performance
you ssyi
No, sir; Il was March 18th | was there
| beg your pardon; the 18th l mean
why did you go at night To see repetition
OF tbe performance you had seen at thu
matinfes
| did not know 1t was a repetition.
wa not as we'll informed on those matter
"a would have been had lived in Rich
mopd. / went TO the 81. Claire Hotel L
find Mr.. Pollard, and, failing 10 find him